by efc8d-admin | May 1, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Organizing, Youth Activism
Today I am excited to talk with three members of Youth United for Community Action, an organization based in East Palo Alto that has been fighting for community empowerment since 1994, when a small group of young people of color active in their communities came...
by efc8d-admin | Apr 27, 2026 | Abolition, Activism and Actions, Antifascism, Antiracism, Decarceration, Ecological Justice
In 2021, the City of Atlanta announced that it was entering into a partnership with the Atlanta Police Foundation to destroy the South River Forest and build what became known as “Cop City,” a large facility for the training of police officers. This met with massive...
by efc8d-admin | Apr 19, 2026 | Iran, Media, Politics and Culture, War
Today I am deeply honored to welcome back Iranian journalists Fatemeh Jamalpour and Nilo Tabrizy. Before, they talked about their book, For the Sun After Long Nights: the Story of Iran’s Women-led Uprising, today they tell us of conditions in Iran, which since January...
by efc8d-admin | Mar 24, 2026 | Abolition, Activism and Actions, Antifascism, Antiracism, Educational Liberation, Palestine
Today I am excited and honored to be talking with Dr. Shamell Bell and Sherena Razek, two activist scholars who join us to talk about their work on the Coalition for Action in Higher Education, which will be convening its Third Annual National Day of Action on April...
by efc8d-admin | Mar 16, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Antiracism, Politics and Culture, Race
Today, on Speaking Out of Place, I have the pleasure of talking with Say Burgin about her book, Organizing on Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit. Tracing the changing terrain of anti-racist organizing and activism in the 1960s and 1970s, Burgin’s...
